Harvard was settled by Volga Germans in 1888.
The following Volga German families settled in and around Harvard, Nebraska:
Adler from Kolb
Arndt from Norka
Blum from Norka
Brehm from Norka
Deines from Norka
Feuerstein from Norka
Flagler
Gerlach from Norka
Glanz from Norka
Hamburger from Norka
Hein from Huck
Hein from Norka
Heiser from Norka
Helzer from Norka
Hohnstein from Norka
Kahm from Balzer
Köhler from Norka
Lehr from Norka
Loos from Norka
Müller from Norka
Pauli from Norka
Pfenning from Norka
Repp from Norka
Ross from Norka
Scheideman from Norka
Schleiger from Norka
Schmer from Norka
Schnell from Norka
Schwabauer from Huck
Schwindt from Norka
Sinner from Norka
Spady from Norka
Spahn from Norka
Traudt from Norka
Urbach from Norka
Weitzel from Norka
Yager from Norka
Yost from Norka
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 44.
- Fairfield Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- First Evangelical Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Harvard Cemetery (findagrave.com)
Harvard, Nebraska (Wikipedia)